Do negative campaigns mobilize or suppress turnout? Clarifying the relationship between negativity and participation

American Political Science Review

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 877-889

  Kahn, Kim Fridkin ^a   Kenney, Patrick J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033475213     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2586118     Document Type: Article

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